Mistral Small 3 Instruct on TruthfulQA: score, rank and what it means
Mistral Small 3 Instruct scores 76.1 on TruthfulQA, placing it #303 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Score distribution
The chart shows the top 10 models on TruthfulQA, with Mistral Small 3 Instruct highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.
Top 10 leaderboard
| # | Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GPT-5.1 Max | OpenAI | 2000000 | $20.50 | 87.9 |
| 2 | Gemini 3 Pro Reasoning | Google DeepMind | 200000 | $19.69 | 87.5 |
| 3 | GPT-5.1 Reasoning | OpenAI | 400000 | $20.27 | 88.3 |
| 4 | GPT-5.2 Pro | OpenAI | 2000000 | $21.32 | 89.6 |
| 5 | GPT-5.2 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.71 | 88.0 |
| 6 | Gemini 3 Pro Max | Google DeepMind | 2000000 | $20.57 | 87.9 |
| 7 | Grok 4 Reasoning | xAI | 2000000 | $19.67 | 87.8 |
| 8 | Qwen3-Max Max | Alibaba Cloud | 400000 | $18.53 | 85.9 |
| 9 | GPT-5.1 | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.01 | 86.0 |
| 10 | GPT-5.1 Turbo | OpenAI | 2000000 | $19.19 | 86.1 |
What this score means
On TruthfulQA, Mistral Small 3 Instruct sits at #303 of 600. The leader, GPT-5.1 Max, scores 91.1, so the gap to the top is 15.0 points. The median model in this index scores 76.3, which puts Mistral Small 3 Instruct below the midpoint.
Mistral AI models average 71.0 on this benchmark. Mistral Small 3 Instruct is 5.1 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Mistral AI model.
Among multimodal models, the average is 80.1. Mistral Small 3 Instruct is 4.0 points below that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.
Read a 76.1 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.
Price context
At $3.97 per million input tokens, Mistral Small 3 Instruct is below the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on TruthfulQA. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.
| Model | Provider | Context | Input / 1M | Avg score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3 DeepInfra Instruct | DeepInfra | 65536 | $3.84 | 75.5 |
| Mistral Small 3 | Mistral AI | 32768 | $3.90 | 75.3 |
| Reka Flash Reasoning | Reka AI | 32768 | $10.70 | 75.6 |
| Claude 3.7 Sonnet Mini | Anthropic | 32768 | $9.74 | 73.0 |
| Mistral Small 3 Instruct | Mistral AI | 32768 | $3.97 | 75.1 |
| Nova Lite Turbo | Amazon | 8192 | $9.14 | 73.2 |
| Llama 3 Lambda Instruct | Lambda | 32768 | $3.92 | 75.8 |
Other benchmarks for Mistral Small 3 Instruct
| Benchmark | Score | Rank | Percentile | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMLU-Pro | 78.3 | 233 | 61th | |
| GPQA Diamond | 70.0 | 264 | 56th | |
| SWE-bench Verified | 62.2 | 277 | 54th | |
| HumanEval | 79.7 | 243 | 60th | |
| MATH-500 | 80.5 | 200 | 67th | |
| AIME 2025 | 68.2 | 294 | 51th | |
| LiveCodeBench | 68.2 | 224 | 63th | |
| IFEval | 85.3 | 178 | 70th | |
| HellaSwag | 85.0 | 246 | 59th | |
| MMMU | 72.9 | 224 | 63th | |
| Arena Elo | 1385.0 | 265 | 56th |
FAQ
What score does Mistral Small 3 Instruct get on TruthfulQA?
Mistral Small 3 Instruct scores 76.1 on TruthfulQA in this index. The benchmark average is 73.6 and the top score is 91.1.
How does Mistral Small 3 Instruct rank on TruthfulQA?
It ranks #303 of 600 models, in the 50th percentile. The leader is GPT-5.1 Max at 91.1.
Is Mistral Small 3 Instruct good at TruthfulQA?
It is below the median for this benchmark, so test it carefully before relying on it for this capability. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.
How is the TruthfulQA score calculated?
TruthfulQA is a safety benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.
What does Mistral Small 3 Instruct cost?
Mistral Small 3 Instruct costs $3.97 per million input tokens and $20.95 per million output tokens.